FoxPro Advisor Magazine Articles June 1994
ID: Q125378
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5x, 2.6, 2.6a
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Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.0, 2.5x, 2.6, 2.6a
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Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, versions 2.5x, 2.6a
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Below is the table of contents of the June 1994 "FoxPro Advisor," a
magazine published by Data Based Solutions, Inc., 4010 Morena Blvd., Suite
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FoxPro Fundamentals, page 10. Strategies for Using Indexes. By Miriam
Liskin. Learning how to use the right type of index for a situation is the
key to getting the best performance from FoxPro. This article explains what
structural, compound, compact, and standalone indexes are all about. CDX,
complex key expressions, optimize, TRIM,
Functional FoxPro, page 16. Getting Exclusive Use. By Malcolm C. Rubel. The
problem we face and the reason we want a function to help us is that we
have no way of knowing if the .DBF file we want is in use elsewhere on the
network. USE EXCLUSIVE, SET EXCLUSIVE, UNIQUE(), DESCEND(), FOR(), TAGNO(),
PACK, INDEX, MODIFY STRUCTURE, ZAP, SYS(2011), FLOCK()
Data Dictionary, page 20. The Caveman Data Dictionary Evolves! By Jay
Rubin. Here are some improvements on last year's Data Dictionary. Control
table.
FoxPro Tip, page 26. When PgUp Doesn't in a Multiple-Screen Set. By Drew
Speedie. Problem: You've created a multiple-screen set, and sometimes when
you press PgUp, control doesn't go back to the previous screen as it
should. Cause: Use of a WHEN clause which evaluates .F. Solution: use SHOW
GET DISABLE ENABLE instead.
Report Viewer, page 28. A Report Viewer for DOS, Windows, and Mac. By
Menachem Bazian. ON THE COVER. As good as FoxPro's reports can be, they are
designed to be printed. Yet users often want to view reports on the screen.
This issue presents a comprehensive solution that works in all version of
FoxPro and gives the user control over the display. Scrolling the report,
creating mouse objects, printing a report to a file.
Browse, page 40. Browse as a READ Object. By David Bower. Everyone wants to
do it, but how? Here's another way, possibly the best of all, to integrate
BROWSE and READ. Trick: Using BROWSE NOCLEAR in WHEN of an invisible
button. #ITSEXPRESSION, #WNAME, SCHEME(), SHOW GETS.
Q&A, page 50. Answers to Readers' Questions about FoxPro. By Steve Freides
and Tamar E. Granor. SELECT SQL, ORDER BY, SYS(3), Aliases, Report Writer
UDF's, UPDATED().
Additional query words:
FoxWin FoxDos FoxMac 2.50, 2.50a 2.50b 2.50c dba fpa
Keywords : FxotherReference
Version : 2.60a
Platform : WINDOWS
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